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Vegetables
* Watering properly is the key to conserving water in the heat of summer. One inch per week applied at one time will wet the soil 6 to 8 inches deep and insure good yield from your mature crops. Two inches of organic mulch will cool the soil and reduce surface evaporation of water.
* Water the garden early in the day so the foliage dries before night. Wet foliage at night increases susceptibility to fungal diseases.
* According to researchers at Purdue University, most mature “orange” tomatoes contain more carotene, a pigment • that is converted to vitamin A in the liver, than their red counterparts. But the public has not caught on yet. In tomato juice taste tests, most people preferred the red produce over the orange-red, high carotene blended, though the flavors tested to be identical.
* Stop vine crops from taking over your garden and lawn by pinching off the fuzzy growing tips. This also directs the plant’s energy into ripening fruit rather than producing more vine.
* Pick summer squash and zucchini every day or two to keep the plants producing.
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